October 9 – 10, 2004
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Primary topics of this QHL Digest:
- Whig Rose Pattern History — Members trace the Whig Rose quilt pattern back to 1840s political campaign culture and debate its naming origins.
- Early Quilt Books & Pamphlets — A long thread recommends historic quilt reference books, pamphlets, and catalogs for research.
- Crazy Quilt Trivia — List members trade origin facts and folklore about crazy quilts. (see the article on Victorian crazy quilts)
- AQSG Conference Buzz Begins — Early chatter kicks off about the just-finished American Quilt Study Group conference.
From: “Candace Perry”
Greetings all: Just wanted to pass along this blurb about a contemporary quilt exhibit at the Reading Public Museum, Reading PA:
09/26/04 through 11/14/04 Oxymorons: Absurdly Logical Quilts Exhibit
Opening Member Reception – Saturday, October 2, 2004. 5:30pm Diane Hire will lecture about the exhibit – followed by a reception in the Atrium from 6pm to 8pm. Members and Children under 4 free. Non-Members $7 Adults and $5 Children 4 to 17. A groundbreaking national exhibition of quilts by 40 of America’s leading contemporary quilt makers, organized by the American Quilter’s Society. Each quilter invited to exhibit was given a choice of oxymoron titles like “deafening silence” or “passive aggression” to use as the theme of their work. The results are 40 stunning quilts using a vast range of mediums, from traditional fabrics to feathers, sequins and duct tape!
Apparently my brother in law’s sister has a quilt in the show…or I wouldn’t have found out about it! The museum’s website: www.readingpublicmuseum.org Lots of fab things to do in the Reading area…would be a nice autumn day trip! Candace Perry Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
From: “Charlotte Bull” <charlou@>
I do not know how accurate this is, but Hinson said in her “A Quilters Companion” 1978, that the Whig Rose pattern she included was found on a quilt in an attic in PA. A diary with it said the quilt was completed in 1814. The specific quilt is in an unnamed museum. She also said her book was first publishing of the specific version.
However, if you want lots of fun researching it, go to Brackman’s “Encyclopedia of Applique” 1993. She has 11 variations. Each refers to a great basic book with page references too. So you can spend time in Peto, Hall & Kretsinger, Finley, Bishop & Knoph, Mrs. Danner or even Aunt Martha.
It gets to be really fun when one of the patterns has 3 different names! & sources!
from Charlie in the Ozarks where it finally rained, praises be!
From: “Charlotte Bull”
Hi, me again. I just realized that not everyone has those books. Sorry! I really do apologize! If I can help by looking up the references to Whig Rose in Brackman’s book, contact me privately. Just let me know what type of info you want? Dates, reasons, stories? I cannot scan patterns, but I can summarize or dig up specific details for you.
To others, I sometimes think that we often overlook Brackman’s “Encyclopedia of Applique” as a source. We all mention her big pieced blocks encyclopedia. This book on applique also includes some popular kit types and also has a great detailed list of referenced sources for more info on those little brochures from the 1930s etc. (No affiliation etc! I just wish there was!!!)
By the way, to all of you out there, sometimes I think we assume too much. For a few minutes I really just figured everyone collected old books too! Last night I spent entire evening going through several excellent bibliographies at various sites and doing a cross referencing with my collection. I was thrilled to see many of mine on the lists but “Totally devastated! : ((( ” at how many I’d never seen! I’m currently updating my list of Need to Buys!
However I am not too busy to do a “tad of looking up stuff” for others. I won’t write your term paper for you! But I would verify a quote or reference or furnish a date. This sounds crazy, but I love to do the research and actually use my books! Validates the money spent! Some of the books mentioned by Brackman are true collectibles! It’s too bad that we cannot access each other’s books via the internet! I’ll bet we could start one HUGE Quilt Book Library if we pooled together. Okay, I was just dreaming! But I once wrote a short novel about living in a Senior Citizen’s Condo where everyone was a quilter and there was a mutual library and stash and collection of old quilts. Also a murder to be solved by knowing esoteric block names! Wonder what I did with that manuscript? But let’s not foul up this list by getting silly! Right? My apologies, Kris! It’s just one of those boring gray days! clb
From: “Charlotte Bull” <charlou@>
Go to www.quiltindex.org Go to Search at top right on screen. Type in Whig Rose. You’ll get a dozen roses! Thanks to Alliance of Quilts!
From: “Marcia Kaylakie”
I am reminded, when I read this discussion on Whig Rose, that quilt patterns have had evolving names in many cases. Sometimes this happened during the westward migration, sometimes commercially, as in the case of Mountain Mist quilting patterns. So is it possible that this pattern was another name earlier and then became the Whig Rose at a later date? I am enjoying this discussion a lot! Marcia Kaylakie, Austin, TX
From: Kathie Holland
Marcia I agree with you! This is a great discussion since Whig rose quilts are one of my favorites! Please Charlotte whatever information you find out I would love to read! so please keep sharing! Thanks again, Kathie in NJ
>? I am enjoying this > discussion a lot! Marcia Kaylakie, Austin, TX
From: Inglewood Quilt Design
Hi there,
Can someone give me a brief history of the Ohio Star and pinwheel blocks. The Ohio Star is the one seen on this link http://www.portup.com/~hjbe/quilt/ohiostar.html
Any info would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Carol-lynn
From: Donald Beld <donbeld@>
Hi Charlotte–I am sure you are accurate in the info on the date in your book about an 1814 Whig Rose–but the political party did not exist that early. In 1814–the Presidency of James Madison–a Jeffersonian Democrat, the other politcal party was the Federalists.
I suspect that the date or the name of the quilt you are citing was added later, perhaps not much later–probably by a Federalist who became a Whig. I wonder if there was a Federalist Rose? Hmmmm! Interesting thought. The discussion about multiple names is quite true, especially in the Pre=Civil War period–patterns were not usually copywrited then, so they spread by word of mouth and were named by word of mouth.
From: “Christine Thresh”
I received an e-mail from a woman in the UK. She asked me about a signature quilt she bought there. If anyone on QHL has information, please let me know. I think she wrote to me because my mother’s maiden name was Chapin.
Here is her e-mail:
Dear Christine, I’m writing to you form England hoping that you will be able to solve a mystery.I own an american quilt that i was told is a depression quiltit has over two hundred and fourty signatures on it and the name hall corner school 1934,twenty of the signatures have the surname Chapin and the following are there christian names Avis,Morris,Paul,Henry,John,Mary,William,Maisy,Olive,Mable,plus nine more can you shed any light on the quilt many thanks jane sunderland
………………………… Christine Thresh http://www.@
From: “Laurette Carroll”
Hello, Carol-lynn, In the 1983 Uncoverings there is an article by Barbara Brackman titled “A Chronological Index to Pieced Quilt Patterns 1775-1825.” The article lists all patterns the author found in quilts either dated or attributed to these early years. The Ohio star pattern is listed as “Variable Star” (one of two by that name) with several quilts found made in that pattern, from the time period. The earliest from the 1775 – 1800 period, with 6 others from 1800 – 1820.
So the Variable Star pattern is one of our oldest, and probably picked up the “Ohio” much later. The name is not listed in Marie Webster’s 1915 book, and Finley in Old Patchwork Quilts, 1929, calls it Variable Star also. Brackman in the Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns gives credit to Nancy Cabot, who started writing a quilt column in the 1930’s, as the first to publish the pattern with the name of Ohio Star.
Perhaps someone on the list will have an earlier date for the name.
There are over 20 patterns with the Pinwheel name. I’m not sure which block you mean when you ask about the Pinwheel, so I won’t try and answer that question.
Laurette Carroll Southern California
Look to the Future With Hope
From: “Sharon in NC”
I was just watching the Antiques Road show. There was a lady from Sotheby’s being interviewed and she stated that there must have been lots of ladies that sat around in their parlors making crazy quilts because on average she sees around 100 each show. Just thought that was interesting.
Sharon in NC
Date: Sat, 9 | From: Midnitelaptop@
i think it’s more like crazy quilts were never(hardly ever) used on beds and so there was little or no wear and tear……making it much more possible to save and pass on/down…..rather than lots of ladies making them… jeanL
From: “Alice Kinsler” <alicek@>
I realize you’re all off to AQSG and watching the mountain smolder (I’m jealous), but I have a burning question now that I’ve opened this Pandora’s box of quilt history. I have identified for my aunt that her mother made a quilt with the “Glorified Nine Patch” of “Improved Nine Patch” design (thank you Barbara Brackman). Now I want to be able to tell her more about the pattern, when it first popped up, in what publication, etc. Barbara B. gives a reference of Heirlooms Plastics Catalog and Hinson QC, both of which I do not find detail in her book’s biblio. Can anyone help? Thanks, Alice
From: Inglewood Quilt Design
A story I once heard, not sure if it ‘quilt mythology’ or not, was that wealthier women would make crazy quilts to hang in their parlors. The more ornate the embroidery, the wealthier the woman as she would have the leisure time to perfect and do so much embroidery. Not sure how accurate the info is… maybe someone else can elaborate.
Carol-lynn in Calgary
From: Dana at Material Pleasures
Hi Carol-lynn, That’s what I remember hearing as well. The ornate silk and velvets were affordable only to the wealthy, although many companies did sell remnants for the specific use of CQs. And the needlework involved showed that the woman had so much leisure time available to her: she had people to cook/clean/raise children. They were primarily show pieces to be draped over a lounge or sofa or piano. Never really ‘used’ as a quilt. I have 4 CQs in my possession now, 2 with provenance and both from wealthy families. Coincidence?
My best, Dana
From: “Charlotte Bull” <charlou@>
Don is so right about that odd early date of 1814 for the Whig Rose. That is why I mentioned it! A Quilt Puzzle! It was intriguing to me and I wondered what you’d think! Isn’t it wonderful what Don can add to our overloaded brain capacities? I could not help but wonder if the diary that dated it was actually written in 1814, or if the writer was mentioning a quilt made then and perhaps named Whig Rose much later. I’d love to ask the author what museum the quilt is in??? I guess in those days it was not deemed necessary to add notations of sources in what was basically a pattern and how to make it book.
Since Hinson’s name, and the same book, just came up in letter about Improved Nine Patch, I am curious. Do we have any comments? When the book was published in 1973 the author was described as a recognized authority. She certainly was very much appreciated by those of us who began quilting in the 1970s. She wrote books before the resurgence of quilting in 1976! I wonder if she is still with us or anyone knows her history. She did write a Quilter’s Manual in 1966 according to Brackman.
Another early book I used then was Polly Prindle’s Book by Alice Gammell, also published in 1973. I’d like to have told them how much I appreciated those simple books, but I really took off when I got Mary Ellen Hopkins’ book It’s Okay if you Sit on my Quilt, published in 1982. (I’d already bought a rotary cutter and graph paper!) Has anyone ever considered writing a book about the early quilt authors? Not a book devoted to one person or their work, but a book about all of those early quilters whose books we treasure now and the impact they made on us. A bit of history about them and their books or articles and quilts. (How about it, Don?) An Encyclopedia of Quilters! Not of blocks!
oh yes, if you (or a relative) have an interest in really old cars, the Hinson book contains 21 drawings for embroidered cars from the very early 1900s. I finally saw what a real Stutz Bearcat looked like! also the Pierce Arrow and Stanley Steamer! I’ve never seen a quilt made from these Red Work designs however.
I’m eager to know about the Improved Nine Patch too. When we moved to MO 20 years ago I said that, based on all the INP quilts, tops & blocks I saw in flea markets and at auctions, that it must be the “official block of the Ozarks” – as it was so very popular. I wonder why so many new quilters want to make blocks with curves? the Improved Nine Patches, Double Wedding Rings, Drunkard’s Paths, Cathedral Windows etc.! They seem to especially fascinate beginners. Are curves just more charming?
Ah, the Witching Hour! Time to stop. I hope to see some great letters on these threads! cb
From: Judy Kelius <quilts@>
At 01:16 AM 10/10/2004, you wrote: >Another early book I used then was Polly Prindle’s Book by Alice >Gammell, also published in 1973. I’d like to have told them how much I >appreciated those simple books, but I really took off when I got Mary >Ellen Hopkins’ book It’s Okay if you Sit on my Quilt, published in 1982. >(I’d already bought a rotary cutter and graph paper!) Has anyone ever >considered writing a book about the early quilt authors? Not a book >devoted to one person or their work, but a book about all of those early >quilters whose books we treasure now and the impact they made on us. A >bit of history about them and their books or articles and quilts. (How >about it, Don?) An Encyclopedia of Quilters! Not of blocks!
Brings back memories of the good old days when any new quilt book was a must-have, regardless! Thankfully I taught at a quilt shop and got discounts <GR>.
About the book on early quilt authors, have you read the AQS book by Eleanor Levie, American Quiltmaking: 1970-2000? It recognizes a number of the early leaders in the current quilting revival and is well worth buying. It was fun to read an historical perspective on quilting, the introduction of the rotary cutter, the growth industry, the early leaders, changes in fabrics, etc., etc.
The Quilter’s Hall of Fame notebook with all the individuals who have received their awards also includes several of the early authors like Jeff Gutcheon and Jean Ray Laury, but to date not Dolores Hinson or Mary Ellen Hopkins. Their web site is www.quiltershalloffame.org. The notebook is a three-ring binder so you can add the new inductees each year.
Date: Sun, 10 Oct | From: JBQUILTOK@
My timing was right on collecting books. I started scavaging thru used book stores & then ‘antique’ malls in the mid 1980’s and picked up a lot of the early books cheap.
I’d like to see some reading rooms openned somewhere so that more quilters could have access to these treasures. Something along the lines of the geneolgy research rooms. My quilt guild maintains a lending library of history books but the rarest can’t be checked out & they’ve decided some of the new state books are too expensive (I finally had to break down & buy Rhode Island’s because they wouldn’t). It isn’t possible to sit down & read at a meeting, so in my opinion, having these ‘too good to use’ books at all is a waste. We’re paying to store binders of the early quilt magazines also (something else we’re not allowed to access).
Has anyone started a list of the early books? Maybe something that includes books published before 1980? I know that around that time publishers realized quilt books would sell & anyone who could draw a 9 patch could get one printed.
Janet Bronston
From: “deb” <deb@>
“Has anyone started a list of the early books? Maybe something that includes books published before 1980? I know that around that time publishers realized quilt books would sell & anyone who could draw a 9 patch could get one printed.”
I have been collecting early quilt pattern books & booklets & have some going back earlier than 1930s. I am willing to send a list of the titles I know about to a database that is accessible to everyone. Would this be something for the Quilt History web site Kris????
Debbie in NJ
From: Dana at Material Pleasures
My best, I have 3 binders of early quilt ephemera, all prior to 1950s. I have been meaning to create a database…another one of those things on the To Do List. I had even wanted to write a Collectibles Book on Quilt Ephemera, but again, that is even farther down the list.
It would be interesting to be able to compare with others and see what my collection is lacking.
My best, Dana
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From: Kathie Holland
Oh Dana that would be wonderful! I hear you on the list………..my to do list is out of control!!!!! would love to know what is in those three binders! LOL Kathie in NJ —
From: Kathie Holland
Debbie I would love to see your collection too! and hmmmm Dana is in NJ too! Where in Nj are you? I am in northern NJ…………… this is a great idea on agetting this info on a database. I am in the process of buying every book I can find on quilt history this past year! every time someone mentions a book I go looked for it used on line! I am missing about 4 state books and 1 uncoverings………. and lots of books that are just too rare to find anymore! Kathie in NJ —–
From: Dana at Material Pleasures
Hi Kathie, I’m in South Brunswick. Debbie is down south, she has a wonderful…probably one of the best…quilt shops in NJ, Quilting Possibilities. It’s in Bayville, NJ. No affiliation, just a satisified customer. If you are ever in South Jersey, it is worth the trip. My best, Dana
From: “Laurette Carroll”
> Has anyone started a list of the early books? Maybe something that includes > books published before 1980?
Hello, Before we reinvent the wheel here………there is a book that is actually a bibliography of all the quilt books written before 1983. Well worth having to those of you interested in early quilt books. It is titled “Quilting 1915 – 1983, An Annotated Bibliography“. By Colleen Lahan Makowski. Published by The Scarecrow Press Inc. Metuchen, NJ & London 1985. (isbn 0-8108-1813-2)
A friend of mine does have all the early books on a data base, she’s been working on this project a long time.
Laurette Carroll Southern California
Look to the Future With Hope
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 10:58:09 -0400 | From: Kathie Holland <kathieholland@>
Thank You! I just ordered this book…….never new it was available!!!!! can’t wait to see all the books in here……….guess I know what will be on my Christmas list this year……books reviewed in this book I don’t have yet! LOL Thanks……..what a GREAT LIST this is.
From: “Laurette Carroll”
My quilt guild maintains a lending library of history books > but the rarest can’t be checked out & they’ve decided some of the new state > books are too expensive (I finally had to break down & buy Rhode Island’s > because they wouldn’t). It isn’t possible to sit down & read at a meeting, so in my > opinion, having these ‘too good to use’ books at all is a waste. We’re > paying to store binders of the early quilt magazines also (something else we’re not > allowed to access).
Janet, That’s too bad, but at least they keep the early books. My guild sells the older books off every couple of years and all the library has are the newer “Popular” books. Here’s a thought……Instead of having a no lending rule and letting the books sit in storage, perhaps they could require a credit card number or something, so that if the book is not returned, the guild will at least get their money back, and be able to purchase another copy of the book to repalce it. (I can just hear a few of the ladies saying they wouldn’t leave a credit card number, so that may not work, lol) The treasurer can keep the information, she’s already trusted with the guilds money. Or perhaps just sign a promise to pay X amount of dollars if the book is not returned. (I hate to think of books not being available).
If you have been hankering to read a certain book, the library can get you just about any book through interlibrary loan, and the AQSG library also participates in the program.
Laurette Carroll Southern California
Look to the Future With Hope
From: Anne
I have appraised a lot of crazy quilts from the 1880s clear through the 1940s, probably close to 175 – 200 in all the years I have been appraising. It could be more as many of the evaluations were verbal so I only have my memory of those. I have often thought that most of the really elaborate ones were made by people who had the time to embroider and embellish them. They also had access to some elegant and sometimes unusual fabrics, paints and items to add on for embellishment.
What I have observed from the ones I have appraised and also seen in various exhibits is that the earlier ones seem to be more elaborately embellished and embroidered and the work is very fine for the most part. Also, the ones I have appraised where the provenance is known that are from the west are often made of wools and other more common fabrics such as cotton or cotton flannel in larger pieces, and the embroidery is often done with wool or a combination of wool and some embroidery thread, generally regular cotton embroidery thread rather than Pearle cotton. Those often are bed size and have batting, though I don’t remember seeing more than one or two that were actually quilted, and then only by machine and very minimal utilitarian quilting. And I have not seen as many quilts that were totally finished, but when I did, some had knife edges (back and front turned in and stitched), or they had fringe, or lace and I think I only saw two with handmade lace–one with knitted lace.
The other thing that I found interesting is that I definitely saw more crazy quilts in a contained configuration (that is to say they were made in blocks rather than randomly pieced all over the surface). And of the blocks, I saw more crazy quilts with same sized blocks rather than irregularly sized blocks (different blocks in the same quilt were different sizes). Occasionally I have seen crazy quilts with wheels in the centers and/or fans in the corners. I saw one crazy quilt that had a huge number of mother-of-pearl buttons all over it, and I saw another one with a number of human figures on it. I saw the crazy quilt with a famous male boxer in an oval in the center at the Los Angeles County Museum many years ago. Seems as though I have seen some others that were pretty unusual, but I can’t for the life of me remember what they were.
Of the more elaborate crazy quilts I have seen, where the provenance was known, the quilts came from New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio for the most part. I think I saw a couple from Michigan, and a couple from Illinois.
I don’t recall seeing any form of crazy quilts from the south, at least not where there was a known provenance. I’m not saying there weren’t any, but I am saying that I don’t recall seeing or appraising any. Peace and blessings, Annie
From: “avalon” <malthaus@>
> A story I once heard, not sure if it ‘quilt mythology’ or not, was that > wealthier women would make crazy quilts to hang in their parlors.
While this may be true for many of the Crazy Quilts that were made, not all were from the wealthy.
I have one made by my great grandmother who was definitely not from a “wealthy” background, but from a farming community in the Midwest.
I believe that she must have made it in her “elderly years” as one of the blocks seems to commemorate a 50th wedding anniversary. Another has a ribbon from the WEA dated 1898. The quilt was made in the block format on a foundation. It has all of the elements one associates with these “fancy” quilts. It is unfinished. She died in 1915. My mother had three of extra blocks framed.
Maybe many of these CQ were made by women who no longer had the busy life of those in the child rearing years and had the time to showcase their needlework skills perfected over their lifetime.
Mary
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 | From: “Sharon in NC” <patchworksecrets2@>
I have quite a few books from the 20’s, 30’s on up through today. What cut off date are you wanting to use? What exactly do you want to include in the listings? Would it be helpful to scan the front and the index page for the records of the older books? I can probably get to them in a few weeks as soon as I get a bit more organized and some customer work finished.
Sharon in NC
From: “Susan
In the book ON THE CUTTING EDGE edited by Jeannette Lasansky there is an article by Merikay Waldvogel entitled.”Quilt Design Explosion of the Great Depression” page 84-95. In this article she has included a Timeline or list created by Merikay and Cuesta Benberry of books, pamphlets and catalogs before 1940.
Hope this helps.
Sue in Illinois
From: “Jennie & Blake Adcock”
Being a CQ enthusiast myself, and from the South (Georgia), I am always on the lookout for CQs. I have seen some lovely CQs which were made in Georgia, several from my area of Georgia (Newnan and western GA). They had lovely embroideries, silk and perle cotton threads, chenille threads, painted motifs and all of the usual things that ladies added in the Victorian era. Several were embroidered with elaborate initials and dates. Most had knife edges, although one had a nice edge of a satiny fabric, and that edge was quilted with a feather motif…………it was known to be made by a young lady in my town, Newnan, in the late 1800s and is in possession of the local historical museum. The Atlanta History Museum also has some fine Southern examples in their possession. If you read ladies’ periodicals from the Victorian era you can find advertisements for booklets of CQ motifs and stitches, as well as packets of fine fabrics and such which ladies might order to use on their CQs. This explains how some of the motifs and monograms were seen in many quilts throughout the East coast area. Jennie in GA
Date: Sun, 10 | From: RAGLADY@
I agree abt this being a great list…. It is great for a novice quilter (me) with a growing interest in quilt block/pattern histories. I also ordered the Makowski book after reading Ms. Carroll’s message. Thanks to all who contribute their time, knowledge and resources to QHL. I’ve recommended QHL over and over again to many people.
Gloria
From: Peter LEATE
Judy remarks “I wonder why so many new quilters want to make blocks with curves? the Improved Nine Patches, Double Wedding Rings, Drunkard’s Paths, Cathedral Windows etc.! They seem to especially fascinate beginners. Are curves just more charming?”
IMHO curves in pieced quilts are an anathema, belong to another class of quilt, why not stick to the delight of geometric blocks. Maybe suitable class would be “around the bend”.
Peter form OZ
From: “Jo Williams”
I had an antique business a few years ago and have gotten out of it. I’ve sold most of my inventory but still have several nice antiquilt quilts I’d like to sell. I had some luck selling them at the D.C. Big Flea shows in Chantilly, VA but don’t really want to do shows anymore. I’ve noticed that ebay has tons of listings, but the quilts are not selling for what I paid for the quilts years ago. For those of you selling antique quilts, has this been your experience lately? How are you successful in selling your inventory? Thanks for any info.
From: “weemsjm” <weemsjm@>
Dana if you get the list going and do not have ” Quilts Their Story and how to make them” By: Marie D. Webster Copyright 1915.
I have limited access to a copy ( my mother in law has it) I could copy the index or whatever you need.
It is a wonderful book.
From: Dana at Material Pleasures
Hi Jeff, Thank you for the offer. I have a First Edition copy of it…I have a FE of McKim, and the Carrie Hall book as well. I can see this is going to be a big project.
What kind of information should be included, just Title/Author/Date? Anything else?
My best, Dana
From: “Teddy Pruett” <aprayzer@>
The 2004 AQSg seminar in Vancouver/Portland is a sweet memory now, and I hope that many of the attendees will post their impressions for those of you who didn’t attend. If you do not belong to The American Quilt Study Group, or if you belong and do not attend seminar, you simply cannot imagine the wonderful, informative, scenic – yet scholarly – event that awaits you. The papers were just great, and there was a tendency to be a bit less frigidly formal than in the past. The Study Centers were just beyond imagining – most hosted, by the way, by members of this list. A grand time was had by all. ANd Julie SIlber has found her true calling, that of auctioneer. She was a riot.
On the way home today, cramped into the tiny space that was my airplane seat, I marvelled at the thought that I would transverse the entire continental United States – diagonally, no less – and be home before dark. I always think about how the pioneers and settlers suffered and died on the same journey. Wouldn’t they be ticked off to know I was whining because the airlines wouldn’t feed me?? Teddy Pruett, back in Florida and back in school. Big sigh.
Teddy Pruett
From: “Marcia Kaylakie”
HI All, I wondered if anything had happened. Suddenly stopped receiving mail from QHL yesterday. Did we get quiet or is there a mail problem? Marica Marcia Kaylakie, AQS Certified Appraiser Austin, TX 20 www.texasquiltappraiser.com
